“…Wallington, a division chief in the Army’s office of enterprise information systems, says the military is quietly working to integrate Macintosh computers into its systems to make them harder to hack. That’s because fewer attacks have been designed to infiltrate Mac computers, and adding more Macs to the military’s computer mix makes it tougher to destabilize a group of military computers with a single attack, Wallington says.This past year was a particularly tough one for military cybersecurity. Cyberspies infiltrated a Pentagon computer system in June and stole unknown quantities of e-mail data, according to a September report by the Financial Times. Later in September, industry sources told Forbes.com that major military contractors, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon had also been hacked.” Read the full story on Forbes.Com
US Army: We’re switching to Macs.
26 December 2007 at 2:37 pm (Mac, Sekedar......)
USA Today: Thinking of switching to a Mac?
18 December 2007 at 2:18 pm (Mac, Sekedar......)
Most consumers seeking a new computer this holiday season will buy a Windows PC. And yet judging by the questions I get, many would-be buyers are considering a Macintosh for the first time, possibly because they’re smitten with the iPod, or because of Apple’s clever Mac guy/PC guy TV ads.
I’m a Mac guy, too, though not one who believes bashing Windows is a prerequisite. So consider this column a primer on switching to the Mac. Read the full article on USAToday.Com
School happy with switch to Intel Macs from PCs
29 November 2007 at 2:20 pm (Mac, Sekedar......)
“When visitors trooped into Iona College’s Ryan Library in the spring of 2007, they were amazed — and delighted — to see 52 sparkling new iMac computers ready for business. Since that first rollout the systems have seen nonstop usage, and requests for more Macs are springing up all over campus — remarkable, given that Iona had maintained a Windows-based computing environment for more than 20 years. With the availability of Boot Camp on Intel-powered iMac computers running Mac OS X Leopard, faculty, students, and all users have the best of all computing worlds.”
“When we started researching Boot Camp, we realized that we could give our faculty the advantages of Mac-based software while supporting our Windows-based environment all over campus.” Read the full article on Apple.Com
Yahoo News: Mac OS X Leopard: A perfect 10
27 November 2007 at 2:14 pm (Mac)
“…About eleven years ago, I wrote a column (in another publication) in response to letters I had received that called me to task for hailing the arrival of computers that were performance overkill for the majority of users. I wrote that the reason to look forward to the faster personal computer is that it would have the spare firepower and resources to look after itself, to stay out of the user’s way while being a microsecond away from answering any user demand, and to make sure that the user never has to do anything twice. That’s Leopard.” Read the full review on Yahoo News
Hacker puts Mac’s OS X on Asus’ Windows Alternative PC.
25 November 2007 at 1:52 pm (Mac, Sekedar......, osx86indo)
This isn’t legal but apparantly that didn’t stop one hobbyist from loading Apple’s Mac OS on to the sub $500 Asus Eee PC.Meant as a Windows Vista alternative for Best Buy shoppers it’s been converted into an inexpensive way to run OS X without the Apple hardware. “…So, ever since I got the eeePC I’ve loved how easy it is to tinker with. Since I’m not a Linux guy, I dumped the Xandros preload and opted for Windows XP so I could [use] my EVDO USB datacard and blogging software easier, but I wondered could I install OSX on it? And, after trial and error – you can!” Read the full story on UneasySilence.Com (found via Gizmodo.Com)
In Japan: Mac OS X Sales Up, Windows Vista Sales Down
15 November 2007 at 1:49 pm (Mac, Sekedar......, VistaSuck)
Microsoft’s has taken a bruising in the Japanese marketplace just as Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard was released, according to a new report by the country’s Business Computer News. The publication notes that while sales of Mac OS X increased dramatically between September and October, climbing from a rate of 15.5 percent year-over-year to 60.5 percent, Microsoft suffered from the reverse effect. Sales growth of Windows plummeted from 75.3 percent to 28.7 percent. Read the full article on Electronista.Com (found via MacObserver.Com)
Columnist: The ages-old Mac-vs.-PC debate is over. Long over. The Mac has won.
5 November 2007 at 1:41 pm (Mac, Sekedar......)
… And yet, you’re not buying an Apple computer. Most of the world isn’t. There is probably a single overwhelming reason you’re clinging to Windows. Macs are expensive. This is what you’ve been told, and in your research, it’s seemed to check out. If they acknowledge it at all, Mac fans will rationalize the higher prices by noting that you’re paying for quality. Buying a Mac, folks say, is like buying a BMW (Apple CEO Steve Jobs regularly compares the Mac’s market share with that of German luxury cars). But what if you don’t want the BMW of PCs? What if you can only afford a Chevrolet?The present article is an attempt to prove to you that, on price alone, the Mac is not the BMW of computers. It is the Ford of computers. I am not arguing that the Mac is cheaper only if you consider the psychic benefits conferred by its quality. Rather I’m going to illustrate something more straightforward: Even though you may pay a slight premium at the cash register for a Mac over a comparable Windows PC (a premium that gets slighter all the time), it will cost you less money — real, honest-to-goodness American dollars — to own that Mac than to own that PC. Read the full article on The Machinist.
Slate Magazine: Leopard Devours Vista
3 November 2007 at 1:39 pm (Mac, Sekedar......, VistaSuck)
Leopard demolishes Vista in a classy, coherent upgrade according to Slate Magazine on Wednesday. Apple has underpromised and overdelivered while Vista’s techincal improvements remain difficult for users to appreciate and utilize.Apple’s OS update approach stands in sharp contrast to Microsoft’s. While Apple remains modest in its numbering system and includes lots of new features in periodic releases, Microsoft “trumpets each new version of Windows as an epochal breakthrough, thereby raising expectations so high that it can’t possibly meet them,” Harry McCracken wrote.
As a result, Microsoft’s “The Wow Starts Now” campaign, intended to create wonder has simply resulted in users being speechless and full of desire to cling to a six year-old XP. Read the full review on Slate.Com (via MacObserver.com)
Another School Switches From PCs To Macs To “Diversify” Computers
1 November 2007 at 1:28 pm (Mac, Sekedar......)
…At Cox, the school has installed about 100 iMacs in labs, and there’s dual-boot Mac minis (OS X and XP) at the head of about 30 classrooms. “We’re enhancing and diversifying our computer platforms by keeping Windows XP while adding OS X,” said Allen Gwinn, the school’s technical director, in a statement. “Upgrading to Apple platforms is the only way to do this.” Read the full story at CultOfMac.Com
PCMag: Leopard “the most polished and easiest to use OS”
30 October 2007 at 1:18 pm (Mac, Sekedar......)
…Leopard again raises the question of whether to switch from Windows to a Mac. I’ve found Vista to be a major disappointment that tends to look worse the more I use it. I still use Windows XP for getting serious work done. But OS X is easier to manage and maintain and I vastly prefer OS X to Windows for Web-browsing, mail, and especially for any task that involves graphics, music, or video. Leopard performs all such tasks even better than previous versions did-and Leopard is the only OS on the planet that works effortlessly and intuitively in today’s world of networked computers and peripherals. Leopard is far from perfect, but it’s better than any alternative, and it’s getting harder and harder to find good reasons to use anything else. Read the full review on PCMag.Com
